Hello Susan Brown

Chad Mitchell Trio

"At The Bitter End" album





[Singer # is in brackets.]



[1: Slowly and quietly]

E

Coffee grows on white oak trees. [pause]

B7

The river flows with brandy oh. [pause]

E A

Go choose someone to roam with you [pause]

E B7

Sweet as 'lasses candy.





[1]

E

There's two in the middle and I can't catch Josie.

B7 E

Two in the middle and I can't get around.



There's two in the middle and I can't catch Josie.

A B7 E

Hello Susan Brown.



[1&2]

Two in the middle and I can't catch Josie.

Two in the middle and I can't get around.

Two in the middle and I can't catch Josie.

Hello Susan Brown.





CHORUS [All. Loud, rousing.]:

E B7

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal,

E

I lost my true love on that raging canal.



[1] Well, she's [all] gone, gone gone.

B7

[1] And she's [all] gone, gone, gone.

E A E B7 E

She's gone for to stay on that raging canal.



[3]Four in the middle and I can't catch Josie

[1&2]Four in the middle and I can't get around.

[3]Four in the middle and I can't catch Josie

[all] Hello Susan Brown.



[Repeat]



[Chorus]



[2&3] Fiddle in the middle and I can't catch Josie

[1] Fiddle in the middle and I can't get around.

[2&3] Fiddle in the middle and I can't catch Josie

[all] Hello Susan Brown.



[Repeat]



[Chorus]



[up key half step]



[all:]

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch Josie

Wheel about and turn about - can't get around.

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch Josie

Hello Susan Brown.



[3, quietly in background: "gone, gone, gone"]

[1&2]

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch Josie

Wheel about and turn about - can't get around.

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch Josie

Hello Susan Brown.



[While #2 sings the chorus, #1 repeats the "Wheel about..."

verse and #3 keeps up the "gone, gone, gone...".



[Chorus, all. Slowing down at end.]



[1: Slowly and quietly]

Coffee grows on white oak trees. [pause]

The river flows with brandy oh. [pause]

[All, in tight harmony:]

Go choose someone to roam with you [pause]

[1, solo:]

Sweet as 'lasses candy oh.